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GEORGE'HURD, OF ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,491, dated July 16, 1901.

Application filed March 18, 1901. Serial No. 51,717. (No model.) I

To all whom, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HURD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albert Lea, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.-

The invention relates toboxes.

The object of the invention is to provide a box which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and which is especially designed for the packing of goods-such, for instance,

as packages of bu t ter in layers-the construction being such that one or more layers may be securely retained in position by the cover and be prevented from being dislodged.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved box with the cover in place, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the body of the box, and 2 its cover. One end of the box has on its inner side horizontally-extending cleats 3,preferably setinto grooves egand these cleats each has its upper corner beveled, as shown at 5, while its exposed under side is perfectly straight and horizontal, as shown at 6. The opposite end of the box is provided with a vertical row of recesses 7, corresponding in number to the number of cleats 3. The cover has secured to its ends on its upper side two strips 8 and 9, respectively, the former of which has its outer corner beveled, as shown, so as to produce, in conjunction with that particular end of the box, an irregular V-shaped groove corresponding in outline to the exposed edges of the cleats 3, with which said groove cooperates. Aturn-button or equivalent fastening is connected to the opposite end of the cover (shown in the present instance as being pivoted) and is adapted to be swung in the position shown in the drawings to have its outer end engage one of the recesses 7.

In operation, assuming that there is but one layer of merchandise in the box, the cover is inserted and its grooved end first engaged with the cleat which is immediately above and nearest to the layer of merchandise. The opposite end of the cover is swung down and snugly engages the opposite end of the box. The fastening is operated to throw its outer end into the lower recess 7, thus locking the cover in place. The manner of removing the cover will be obvious, and a description thereof is thought to be unnecessary. Particular stress is laid upon the fact that the length of the cover is greater than the distance between the cleats 3 and the opposite end of the box and corresponds to the distance between the ends of the box. It is therefore evident that when the cover is locked in position there is no danger of it becoming disengaged by reason of the merchandise tending to pry one end of the box upward above the other. This construction necessitates the engagement of the grooved end of the cover with the cleat While the cover is in an inclined position in order to lower the opposite end of the'cover in such position as to enable its fastener to engage with one of the recesses 7. In other words, the recessed end of the cover practically hooks under the cleats, while the fastener hooks into the recess, and when in this position the cover can be neither raised nor lowered.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring an extended explanation. The device is exceedingly useful for the purpose for which it is designed and may be placed upon the market at a comparatively small cost.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,- what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A. box having two of its opposing walls, the one formed with horizontally-extending cleats having beveled upper corners, and the other formed with recesses, in combination with a cover, one end provided with a groove corresponding to the cleats, and the other end provided with a fastening device to engage said recesses, substantially as described.

2. A box having one of its walls formed with horizontally-extending cleats arranged in vertical order and having beveled upper corners, in combination with a cover having one end provided with a groove corresponding to, and adapted to receive, one of said cleats, and means carried by the opposite end of said cover for locking that end of the cover to the box, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a box and its cover, the length of the cover corresponding to the'distance between the inner surfaces of the end walls of the box, said walls being,

GEORGE HURD.

\Vitnesses:

Q. E. SOUTHWICK, FRANK O. I-IURD. 

